Melaka Part 1

Melaka: Singaporeans' hot spots for a weekend getaway.

You can tell how popular Melaka by how packed the hotels are. Tried to make a booking a week before, but was informed that the big hotels like Equatorial Hotel and Holiday Inn Hotel are all fully booked! Even rooms in smaller boutique hotels anywhere near Jonker Street (Melaka's most popular street) are sold out! In the end we settled for a small hotel further away, Hotel 7, for a night's stay. 

Drove from Singapore at 730am, and managed to reach Melaka at 1030am. 

Hungry! Head straight for Melaka Chicken Rice Balls!

Hoe Kee Chicken Rice

Located near the start of Jonker Street, How Kee Chicken Rice has a huge following and pretty good reviews. Queue starts to form from 1045am. We were lucky to get a big table without queueing since we were early at 1030am!

Big shophouse, extending deep into the back.

Steamed Chicken

The Steamed chicken was well done, but frankly nothing much to rave about as we have much better steamed chicken rice in Singapore. 2 plates of chicken for RM34.00.

Chicken rice balls

The Chicken Rice balls are soft and fragrant! Much better than those we tried 2 years back in a neighboring shop. (Shall not disclose that shop name). However, they do not allow 100% chicken rice balls. You have to accept having some normal loose rice as well. Apparently they need to make sure every customers get to try the rice balls, and they have limited quantities. 2 plates of rice balls and 2 plates of loose chicken rice, feeding 7 adults cost RM9.00 only.

Assam Fish

We were recommended the Assam Fish, and yes, it was fresh and good! Not cheap though, for one fish tail like this cost us RM28.

You can actually watch these people prepare your food while you are queueing in front of the shop.


Hoe Kee Chicken Rice
4-8 Jalan Hang Jebat
75200 Melaka
Tel: 06-2834751.


After lunch, its naturally dessert time! Walked 3 minutes heading to the Red House, we pass by this stall by the road selling Chendol and other desserts. Decided to give it a try.

Prices are pretty affordable.

Very very simple Chendol. Nothing fanciful nor special about it. In fact, its quite diluted and watery, without much ice in them! We wanted something really cold to beat the heat from the sun, and this chendol apparently disappointed us. Luckily it only cost RM1.70 for this. Sigh...

We decided to continue walking to explore other places out of Jonker Street.

Chanced upon this corner coffeeshop, and look what we found!

We were already very full after the chicken rice ball lunch, but we couldn't resist this Pig Organ Soup and ordered 2 bowls for sharing. RM11 for a 2 pax Serving.

The soup was very flavorful, tasted a bit like our black Bak Kut Teh soup in Singapore, and was filled with pig livers, pork belly, lean pork and bean curd. It should be served with very fragrant yam rice, but we rejected as we were too full to take in any more rice.

Restoran Kok Keong
11 Kampung Pantai
75200 Melaka
Tel: 012--6905185


Continued walking.......

One may just miss this shop if the boss did not call out to you! The front of the shop is empty, only when you look deep inside then you realized something....

A big group of ladies washing dumpling leaves! The moment we moved nearer into the shop, we could smell the aroma of steamed rice dumplings. This shop is actually a home-made rice dumplings business. A group of TV crew were filming a show featuring them during the time we went in.

They are very popular in Melaka, appearing in many newspapers and magazines for their rice dumplings. They do wholesale of their dumplings as well! Or you can order in advance and pick them up. Needless to say, we started buying in bulks! The Salted Egg dumpling is my favorite!

Rice dumplings

Joo Huat
6 Kampong Hulu 
75200 Melaka
Tel: 06-2843782

After checking into the hotel, we headed straight out again. Needed an air-conditioned mall to get away from the heat outside. Walked over to Palawan Mall to book our Thai massage for the night. It's tea break time, and we wanted A&W!!! Childhood food!

A&W Melaka

A&W Ice cream Waffle

Don't you miss this?? It tasted almost exactly what we had in our earlier days in Singapore A&W restaurants! Super Yummy!

We may have KFC, Popeyes, Texas Chicken, Wendy's etc in Singapore these days, but have you tasted A&W's fried chicken? You just need to try it once. I swear you will love it!

The classic A&W Rootbeer Ice Cream Float served in a super heavy glass, frosted in the fridge before serving!

The Old-school A&W bear mascot

Dinner Time:
Brother suggested searching for the popular Aunty Fatso to have our dinner after reading a lot on its customers' reviews. A restaurant by the sea, it's within walking distance from Equatorial hotel or the Mahkota Hotel.

You knew you are at the real place when you see this huge sign board from far.

The place was packed and fully booked. Luckily, we managed to get a table after someone left.

There isn't any menu, so just look at the signboard at the restaurant wall and order what you want. The lady boss, a fat aunty, as her name suggests, would recommend you some of her specialities.

Sweet sour Pork Ribs in Yam Ring RM15.

It was real plain, with no garnishes nor vege or nuts around it. Taste: So-so

Their famous Cheese Beehoon. Very flavorful dish indeed. RM50.00

Salted egg Calamari- My favorite dish of all. RM18.00

Steamed Fish at RM43.

Sambal Kangkong RM 8.00

Curry Crabs RM123.00

Worse form of crabs eaten! Recommended by the Aunty Fatso. Tasted like the curry powder from Maggi Instant Mee! Argh! Regrets!

The whole dinner was about waiting and waiting...... Lots of shouting from Aunty Fatso cos of frustrations. I guess it must be due to Fathers' day celebrations.  Generally the food didn't turn out as good as expectations. Very ordinary zi-char.

Aunty Fatso
39 Jln Tmn Melaka Raya 30
75000 Melaka
Tel: 06-2836456.


PS: Please make reservations if you are heading there.